global economy, you need to protect yourself and get inform. watch guys with the week's top stories from r t, germany shuts down half its nuclear power, while belgium commit to fully the nuclear rise within 3 years. as the shift to eco friendly power ramps up. meantime across europe, soaring energy bills are stretching household budgets to the max with worth predicted to come consumers tell us there's not much more they can take out. the price has skyrocketed that the government is not helping you or at all anyone. i don't know what we will do if it continues to go up. we will have to make a fire in the middle of the room and civilian deaths and destroyed homes and afghan whistleblower. lift the lid on americans drone program, the former operator currently and hiding from the taliban. talk to ortiz, unheard voices series. throughout operations we were not told about any civilian

deaths. nobody told us that we hit the wrong target. i'm in hiding alone for the way underground. i live in fear speaking. honestly, i am fed up with my life. a with hello is good to be joining us this new year's weekend. this is our international. it's sunday, which means we're going to take you through some of the biggest stories we've covered here, over the past 7 days. first for you, then germany shut down half of its remaining nuclear power stations on new year's eve. as part of it shift to more eco friendly energy that leave the country with only 3 nuclear plants, which are also planned to go offline by the end of this year. the decision though has been met with major criticism as a significant portion of germany. electricity comes from nuclear sources. the country will now have to dramatically ramp up production from sustainable sources. and in the meantime, also increase its reliance on cold opinions are divided among the germans. we spoke

to who lived near one of the now closed nuclear plants. yes, i santa claus on another time, now it has its pros and cons, but actually here, and bergdorf we only saw advantages other countries are building nuclear power plants to and the question is, where do we get our electricity from? i'm and it isn't the others as finally it's happening and i'm very happy about it because you never know if an accident might occur, ortho people might try to destroy it. if of course, there are people in the village that see things differently because the village has become rich on taxpayer money. if you drive through the village, you'll see how much was invested in it, auto policy fin her. i think it's an important decision, but i also think we're not there yet. we can't get from renewable energy or we're getting from nuclear power. many locals work sir, and we have to see where they will end up. but some people will definitely lose their jobs. and germany is not alone in phasing out nuclear power. belgium's also decided to shut all its re axes within the next 3 years. as despite the fact that nuclear energy generates almost half the country's electricity,

belgian engineers have already slammed the decision as counterproductive. the government's decision to face out nuclear energy, the largest source of low carbon energy in belgium and to finance new fossil gas power plants is paradoxical and counterproductive. this decision would only reinforce the predominance of fossil fuels in the belgian energy landscape on top of that. europe's grappling with an energy crunch that so price as leap to all time highs last month. discussing it with us on our t journalist charlie boyle says the eco friendly moves are more about political gain. it's all about lack of planning and seeing cool point score and politicians may well those beliefs. but as usual, the practicalities always take. now the reality is sinking high inflation. a huge demand surge going in the winter. and we, we simply can't have

a situation where energy prices are going up. 1200 percent. we need to have a profit around the world, but how they could transition to renewables. what the mixture is going to be in need to be honest about me. which are completely pile of use accelerating attempts to transition to renewables and the ongoing surgeon prices have left households bearing the brunt shall do better. explains when tech isn't coming. it's already here. as he you country struggle to find a unified response to record high energy prices. there are a warnings the block could face shortages or even potential blackouts. many including luca face, a winter full of difficult decisions. ciscano dish. oh no. you have already received a reminder for the charges for heating that's increased while at the same time we

have less heating. so myself and several tenants are really worried about the choices we will have to make. people are already having difficulty, so it's not easy with your little neglected. living hand to mouth is worrying me, becoming more normal in some of europe's richest societies. that the vessel to literally feel safe will have to make choices, will have to buy cheaper foods that are lesson traditional math problems like that . people will lose their health. tens of millions of people in europe are already living in energy poverty. and there are fears that this figure is about to see a steep rise. this energy crisis across that you, you has been escalating for many months government to been scrambling to find a solution because they consent. the household simply won't be able to pay the bills in france, the poorest households are to receive a $1.00 off payment of a $100.00 euros to help shield them from price rises. italy meanwhile,

is put in place a 3000000000 euro aid package, while the spanish government has passed emergency measures that to redirects billions of euro's from the profits of energy companies to the consumers in a beads to lower their bills. yet despite such measures, many fear that they simply will not be enough. but in the law or another, the government is not doing anything. and on top of that, whoever retires from politics, they put them in electricity companies, money that they take from another place or you just as others. but out the price has skyrocketed, that the government is not helping europe or any one. i don't know what we will do if it continues to go up. we will have to make a fire in the middle of the room, the idea, your one, if it were me, i would like to get hold of anyone in charge and give them a low salary and see how they like their life. and really, what is this structural problem in an achieve policies shaping and policy making in

many countries is who is really in charge. we have an interaction of various authorities, bodies. and on the other hand, we have seen various governments being very much occupied with themselves. so there is an energy in my eyes, this still not yet having to priority it should house. here in france, there is particular worry because whilst most energy does come from nuclear stocks of the electricity that it generates are said to be low as concern. a hard winter could see the country really one out of power. low energy stalks are an issue throughout europe. why? well, although the pandemic, so large scale industry and workplace is closing down when the locked downs were lifted demand short straight up. and companies just haven't been able to keep pace to add to that the e was also trying to move toward source is or renewable energy,

such as wind energy, but less wind in 2021 meant less renewable energy was produced. these have always been the days bits and of generation where experts have been warning against a possibility or even broke ability offer a of a stand still in the world of renewables. photovoltaic and went fox. the one that is now in a sort of come back is new and her head, i always say within 2 european union, not only that, we don't dispose of a common attitude policy. we don't even dispose of something like a common energy mentality. it may say, because that is a completely different attitudes to for instance, new janet, she east and west of the rhine. you just like everywhere else needs a steady supply of energy to function. now russia says that could be supplied bytes,

node string to pipeline. that is still waiting to be signed off, not just by germany, but also the european commission. the pipeline has faced opposition from within the you, with some fearing that it could make a block for you dependent on moscow. others. those say that the link is vital to secure energy supplies and ensure that people can heat their homes, reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing even more people into fuel poverty this winter, and even cost their lives shante blue sky oxy. paris. a lack of storage supplies and market forces all the onedrive is apparently, politicians have also been quick to blame. russia for not supplying more gas despite moscow insisting it is complying with its contract. southgate taylor looks at how some western politicians never miss an opportunity to point the finger. how did it happen, though? rather who's to blame?

because if there's one thing, every politician knows it's that every crisis needs a guilty party. and sure enough, brussels landed on a tried and tested one. we could on the european commission to urgently open an investigation into possible deliberate market manipulation by gas prom and potential violation of e competition roles. yes, sangree that russians were warm and toasty being you accused, stay toned energy giant gas from of being cd and then furious that moscow wouldn't just take pity and pipe over some free extra gas had accused the kremlin of paint dirty politics. the increase in price is for energy has deep geopolitical roots. it's part of the geopolitical bottle, rushes on it all, its contracts, it cannot be said they are not delivering when they said they would, but it has not increased the quantities contracted full. so now i, biting by a contract is foul play, o the things people will say to dodge responsibility. and so there is no need to

shift the blame, like some of our partner said, trying to do. sometimes you listen to what a said on the score. you are surprised, it's just amazing as if they don't see the numbers. i'd like to read rate. they don't see the realities. they just cover up their own mistakes. you know, maybe brussels should have gone all in on green energy before a long cold winter may be brussels didn't talk of banning long term contracts with gas from before long. cold winter may be brussels shouldn't rely on the notoriously volatile spot market before a long cold winter. but sure. luton sitting in siberia with his hand on the tap. in fact, he is so greedy and mean that he wanted gas problem to top up europe stored supplies all the while. a solution to this crisis lies idol, ever heard of north stream to the german regulators should make this decision. they have not yet decided. of course, if we expand supplies along this route, then 100 percent, i can say with absolute certainty,

the tension on the european energy market would significantly decline. and that would influence prices. of course, this is an obvious thing, but with the green light still not given. it seems the use not actually that bother about it. citizens off to rural, but it's not enough to negotiate with the russian bath. if it's any consolation to the europeans, it wasn't just that he does. his political shenanigans left people bankrupt and shivering, post pandemic oil prices skyrocketed on americans. will i fucking out more on fuel than they had since 2014, which would have been bad enough by itself. but then historic inflation hit. this is a historic inflation report, inflation has it a 31 year high with price is rising to more than double. we've seen in recent decades, everything going up and up in up in prices. new numbers showing inflation surging to its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. following up she came yeah. though it's

pretty windy outside. it's very windy. i almost felt coming up the steps myself. i didn't was determined to prove those hate has wrong and show he was up to the task . at the same time, he obviously wasn't going to admit that his own warren oil was to blame, spoilt or not killing pipelines, halting oil nieces and proposing to tax the industry into oblivion. all within the space of 11 months makes the market jittery. so instead he found you guessed at the guilty party, if you take a look at, you know, gas prices and you take a look at the oil prices. so that is a consequence of thus far. the refusal of russia or, or the opec nations to pump more or of course it is, but to really make himself look the compromising innocent good guy. and all this, he did make one little dredge announcing that the largest ever release from the u.

s. strategic petroleum reserve tell, provide a supply we need as we recover from this pandemic death. how many barrels of oil a day the u. s. consumes around 20000000. how many barrels did buy to release $50000000.00? 2 and a half days was not exactly a big when about big enough to come out looking like a decisive leader taking action. after all, sometimes all that matters is that you'll seem to be doing something even if you do fail to win them all over. the reason gas prices are going up is because the oils and louisiana and taxes and the dipstick ser and wash and they say 2021. the people prayed the lights wouldn't get caught. also the year politicians showed that it's a crime to not a good crisis. go to waste. okay, happening right now in south africa, major fire has broken out in the national parliament building in cape town. it's thought to have started in a 3rd floor office overnight and spread to the national assembly chamber. this

video, which was filmed earlier, showed part of the roof. well, a light, the authorities say that firefighters have the situation under control. although reinforcements are being deployed. this is live video from outside the national assembly chamber. we saw some smoke billowing out earlier, even though the situations under control. it looks like the fire is still some way of being fully extinguished. it began around 6 hours or so ago when we saw a white shot about earlier a couple of hours ago, we saw smoke billowing through the columns of the front entrance. that doesn't seem to be the case now. as fire fighters, only 30 of them trying to battle the flames at the historic 19th century parliament building in cape town. no one would still have been in the building when the fire broke out, the alert was raised by a security guard. no injuries, thankfully have been reported. but there's also still no indication yet as to what may have started the fire. oh, okay. still to come britton's new coby cases to passed a 160000 on new year's day,

having off a week in which it was claimed, vulnerable children's lives being put at risk by the overstretched health service. is one of our story still ahead on the weekly from rp ah hello, driven by dream shapes bankers and those with theirs sinks. we dare to ask

for what we got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on a very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult. time. time to sit down and talk with her again. afghan drone operators working for the united states were kept in the dark about civilian deaths. that's from a whistleblower who's spoken to r t about his job during the us war on terror. he's company and hiding from the taliban and fear for his life, refusing even to contact his family to keep them safe. he's been sharing his story

with artes on the heard voices project. lalellah. we live in a horrible situation, very bad conditions with mm. being honestly, i am fed up with my life that's not about so i'm in hiding alone with underground. yeah, i can't go outside. i'm hopeless for somebody. i ask myself, do i have the right to live a peaceful life in my own homeland will not let me save strength. i wish i had been born in a different country, needed that decimal guardian telling me w i a pillow top, we had to operate our drones. i was an 8 alice today. and then the same at night there was a u. s. company and the afghan government assigned an agreement with he said we were employed by this company. they scam eagle with

each month one pilots conducted 17 is it's 20 drone strikes. it could be more than that, but not less with data throughout our operations. we were not told about any civilian deaths, nobody told us that we had hit the wrong targets. and the statistics on this were out of our control. we didn't have access to this data.

ah ah, he said, i mean at the port we lost a couple of our pilots in the last days of our work in fin after the taliban. so cova and one was arrested and cobbled. and the 2nd, when he was visiting his family, some drone pilots were also beaten and humiliated eligible and 3 or 4 of our colleagues are missing, where they, even the closest relatives don't know where they are. problem sex, age stay, blanket is leading. the continued diplomatic effort to ensure safe facets for any american afghan partner or foreign national wants to leave afghanistan. what we are doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who worked for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. we worked intensely to evacuate and relocate afghans who worked

alongside us in our particular risk. reprisals are committed to then has no deadline. oh, let me put it this way. yes, i've lost my own people. no, i'm hiding at different places. i can't stay in one place. i can't meet my family, i don't even know how my family is doing now. i can't see them with my colleagues. we can't see or contact each other because we are afraid the taliban now tapping our phones. yulu and i will. we all hopeless. we have lost our way. what can we do? and what will they do to us? we'll counting our last breaths because they might kill us today or tomorrow. i'm a. i have one son staying with me and when he goes out to buy something to eat, he says he is afraid of being killed like yet. there is no want to help us in this

situation. i live in and i have to wonder why i was born in this hell, i am a human being. i have the right to free life for it's part of us like mission in afghanistan. previously hailed the drone program as a success in providing the american back afghan army at the time with the capability to operate the system on its own. for more stories on how to voluntarily in afghanistan change lives. check out on heard voices project. it's on r t dot com and also britain's daily cove infection, right hit over 160000 on new year's day. and with the health care system, a full stretch, it claim the pandemic is seeing other patients side lined that lives put at risk parents. and campaigners say vulnerable children are being discriminated against, to free up bed space, highlighting a spike and do not resuscitate orders for children. with down syndrome and autism, one mother who was asked to sign one for her son,

shed her story with us when she said it, all right. well just in case because, you know, and my son's life that you're asking with each site or now. and, and i haven't been asked that my other 2 children. i mean she has down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do with whether shipping the types or not. he was in the room and she was asking him a lot of questions and he, he can't. and he's a, he understands and he think luckily for him and i asked me because he was i'm 16 anyway. so well to say are the parents, i know that our 7 children say in one respects i was glad he was on the 6th day because the others where i was 16 and where else themselves, dental resuscitate orders are offered to people who are gravely ill. want signed

doctors one to perform c p r to help restart the patient's heart. but in the u. k, do not resuscitate. orders are increasingly being offered for teenagers with autism and condition that affects them. 700000 people in britain as well as for teenagers with down syndrome. the national health service insists that it's not discriminating. stressing that it sees blanket policies is inappropriate, but carol willard begs to differ where every child in every adult is called the right, especially to life. and i just don't understand why there's a difference in society for anyone, discrimination, of even the question b n. n. why are people with adults children el today? why are we, why on trade differently with the lack of you must say, given the health care system i deserve on the social system, i did that,

i get the and i just, it was been under strain cab again today with higher than the and i just isn't as the government needs to pull their finger out and so yeah, and isn't it isn't our kids to say, oh, your children are not valuable with everyone else's children. so they're not going to be put on that list. list i was are, it will leave you out. the dumbest idea, because it's not, i know we're not so fast. an indigenous leader in new zealand accused australia on monday of using his country as a dumping ground for criminals. the national murray authority chairman, won't camera scrap it's policy of deporting news either does when they're convicted and it is not good enough. now that new zealand is becoming a penal colony for australia. and in just reporting your problem, why does not solve the problem of gangs and both australia and new zealand,

it is not good enough just to say we're going to stick a whole lot of people on applied on a government charter plane and seen them back to new zealand, that is not the spirit of friendship. and that you would expect between 2 neighbors . under australian law or a foreign nationals, a sentence to more than a year in prison, they automatically lose their right to stay in the country. that applies even if they've lived in australia their entire lives. the last couple of years have seen hundreds of new zealand descent back home, australia, immigration ministers, defended the policy, saying the government will continue to expel foreign nationals who commit serious offenses. matthew to khaki though, says that they need to work with new zealand to find a better solution. now, i also did that australian citizens, you know, it's easy just to deport the problem away. and australians want exactly what we want. we want safe communities. we do not want to say drugs being sold to our

children. we are sick and tired of saying gun violence on our streets. one possible solution is a joint task force to address a couple of different things. and even though our police forces, they do share information, dathan intelligence at the moment, it would be good to see if we could just increase and including invest in joint resources. that, that means also having a look at information and intelligence to find out where these drug supply networks are establishing themselves across se, asia, even into the pacific and been, let's do that job together as australia and new zealand and that an explorer. okay, that said from me or next edition of the weekly ads with andrew pharma and just over half an hour, i'm calling bray. thanks for spending some of your new gears weekend with us here on our t. ah .

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